G7

Hilly

Member
All these moronic idiots that try to pretend that farmers are ruining our country should board a train from Paddington to Penzance , they would then realise that we have the most beautiful diverse country anywhere in the world. More trees than you can imagine, beautiful small fields & endless habitats for wildlife. Far too much notice is taken of ignorant fools who fail to see what’s in front of their eyes!
Leave London & see the real world we live in!
73301048-E33D-4AA7-B088-B4065F72B0E9.jpeg
Beautiful I’d say. London is a bigger problem than any cows.
 
So that’s it then for U.K. farming. Words like building back better greener etc. Throw in ELMS, brexit and new trade agreements.
Value of farmland halves. Banks call in debts. Half of land owned by banks who will sell it to the government. Discuss.

Well you voted & campaigned for it Lee.

But you were wrong to vote for it, quite right that Brexit is all about shutting down productive UK farming.

However those who are careful will be ok, food prices are likely to increase around the world.
 

Old apprentice

Member
Arable Farmer
Sorry those who wanted to be under eu thumb . Eu army who puts most money into eu Germany I could not think after all the people who lost there lives in two wares just to give our army to Germany absolutly gauling to me. If we had still been in the vaccine roll out would have been at the behest of Brussels. The ideas of importing a substantial amount of food will not work in the long run. Just look how things go round in sirculess polatics is all ways changing .
 

kiwi pom

Member
Location
canterbury NZ
Are they though?60 million mouths to feed on our doorstep and the cost of freight going through the roof that’s just one positive of the top of my head

I think there's a pretty good future for those producing food too.
I'm not so sure about the arable guys producing globally traded, feed wheat, barley and rape though. Not really providing food is it, but high grain prices force up costs for the livestock sector. Not really providing jobs or much cropping diversity, all set up for minimum effort and max sub.
All that wheat grown but milling wheat's imported.
Perhaps cheaper feed crops should be imported and turned into high quality local food. Give the support to the livestock, dairy, veg and root producers?


@delilah I think I'm agreeing with you on something?😱(y)
 

T Hectares

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Berkshire
I think there's a pretty good future for those producing food too.
I'm not so sure about the arable guys producing globally traded, feed wheat, barley and rape though. Not really providing food is it, but high grain prices force up costs for the livestock sector. Not really providing jobs or much cropping diversity, all set up for minimum effort and max sub.
All that wheat grown but milling wheat's imported.
Perhaps cheaper feed crops should be imported and turned into high quality local food. Give the support to the livestock, dairy, veg and root producers?


@delilah I think I'm agreeing with you on something?😱(y)
Some NABIM figures for you @kiwi pom

The usage of home-grown wheat is now double the level of forty years ago; typically a large number of flours and breads are produced entirely from UK grown wheat. UK-grown wheat usually accounts for 80-85% of total usage by UK millers, Nabim is the trade association representing the sector. Nabim members account for 99% of the flour produced in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

A proportion of imported wheat is milled mainly because it has different qualities used to produce stronger flours that are required by the customers. Imports, where necessary, are sourced mainly from Germany, Canada, France and the USA.

Not quite the picture you portray but you are right in a way, Quality market focussed crops are what we produce 👍🏻
 
Last edited:

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

  • 0 %

    Votes: 75 43.6%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 61 35.5%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 27 15.7%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 3 1.7%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

  • 1,283
  • 1
As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
Top